Cardisoma carnifex   (Herbst, 1796)

Brown land crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Gecarcinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 343)

Short description Morphology

Carapace subovate, swollen, surface smooth; setose area on pterygostomial and subbranchial regions small, not extending to branchiostegal region. Third maxilliped with well-developed flagellum on exopod, entirely covered by setae. Adult males with one chela greatly enlarged. Merus of legs not distinctly lined with stiff setae. Color: brown to brownish grey.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It has a low market value, caught by hand or with special traps, and is sold live (Ref. 106287). Semi-terrestrial (Ref. 97241). Inhabits back mangroves or similar brackish-water habitats. Larvae is released into the sea and return back to land upon completion of their development (Ref. 343).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.1 - 28.3, mean 26.8 (based on 726 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.